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The Comparison Game

by Heather Vogler | Jul 23, 2020 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

No two homeschooling situations look the same. Maybe this is hard to understand because public...

Long Distance Travels

by Heather Vogler | Jun 21, 2018 | Glimpses of Life | 0 |

The thought of traveling with kids is enough to make a mom want to resort to a staycation. Then...

Teaching life skills – part 2

by Kristy Jensen | Feb 21, 2018 | Extracurricular | 0 |

Teaching life skills can be whatever you think it should be. The skills I have listed here are just a few. Implementing life skills is easy to do every day. Just start with the basics and go from there.

Teaching life skills – part 1

by Kristy Jensen | Feb 19, 2018 | Extracurricular | 0 |

One of the most important things we can teach our children is life skills. It isn’t necessarily one thing but a collection of many things in one category.

Character Building For Children

by Kristy Jensen | Sep 21, 2016 | Home Life | 0 |

Character traits is one of the most important subjects my children will ever learn. Everything from kindness to compassion, gentleness to cheerfulness, truthfulness to hospitality. There are so many character traits to learn that I simply cannot name them all.

Please Pass the Character Building

by Lisa Asanowicz | Jul 29, 2016 | Home Life | 0 |

Don’t forgot to teach your kids about character, the value of compromise and getting along with others as you instruct them in the rigors of academia! Here’s a great example from our own homeschool! It was one of those icky, yucky, rainy, dreary, pent up too long kind of days.

How to Not Provoke Your Child to Anger

by Heather Vogler | Jun 29, 2016 | Home Life | 0 |

Do you have an angry child? It can become extremely frustrating to know how to deal with them since it usually stirs up so many emotions in the parent, when a child’s anger surfaces. Know this; they can change. Also, if you feel as though you may have been provoking them to this behavior, you can change as well.

Character Over Progress

by Lisa Asanowicz | Jun 24, 2016 | Glimpses of Life | 2 |

As homeschool moms, it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparing your child’s progress to another. I’m no exception. One day, it had been brought to my attention that I have a child that isn’t perfect.

Helping Children Cultivate an Others-Centered Heart

by Kristy Howard | Dec 14, 2015 | Home Life | 0 |

“I almost dread the holidays,” my friend told me with a heavy sigh. “The kids turn into greedy little monsters and sit and look at toy catalogs for hours, circling all the stuff they want. I started throwing away all those catalogs before my kids even have a chance to see them.”

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